Melissa Shape Model & Mould

Squish, squeeze, shape, and sculpt with M&D's shape, model and mould dough set! Promote hours of tactile, exploratory play with this Shape, Model & Mould dough kit by Melissa & Doug. With four vibrant colours of modelling dough to choose from, kids can create countless modelling dough designs using their creative ability. Each colour stores in its own tub with melding lids featuring an adorable animal on each.

This hands-on activity set also comes with easy-grip tools that include three patterned rolling pins and a patterned wheel press, as well as five wooden stamping cubes with unique patterns. This colourful collection of play clay and wooden tools not only helps kids three and older develop fine motor skills and finger strength.

It encourages colour recognition and imagination too! Playing with dough has loads of benefits. It helps kids slow down and focus on playing while using a number of senses and skills in the process. Through squishing, rolling and flattening, the dough can help build essential fine motor skills. It supports literacy and numeracy by teaching children about counting, shapes, descriptions, and more.

By sharing various colours, tools, and materials, playing with dough encourages social interaction. Furthermore, playing with play dough can help calm down kids who are feeling stressed. Squeezing the dough can help ease tension, release excess energy, improve focus, and express emotions.   For over 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products.

Today, Melissa & Doug is proudly partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build important life skills through play. Shape, Model & Mould Features:

• 17pc modelling dough kit
• Includes 5 wooden stamping cubes, 3 rolling pins, 4 tubs of modelling dough, 1 patterned wheel press
• 4 vibrant colours - red, yellow, blue, and green
• Features adorable animal moulds on every lid
• Great for colour, pattern, and texture recognition
• Encourages imaginative play and creativity
• Strengthens fine motor skills
• Contains wheat
  
• Conforms to ASTM D-4236
• Approx. product dimension: 1.5 x 9.8 x 9.3 
• Age 3 years+ 

Discover Countless Ways To Play:

• Have kids identify the colour of each tub of dough and count how many tubs there are in all.

  Have them identify the animal on each lid and make the animal sound!

• Have kids roll the dough out into thin coils, then ask them to form the capital letters of the alphabet using the rolled clay. Place the letters on a flat surface in alphabetical order.
• Take turns sculpting the dough into figures or objects.

  See who can guess the other's sculpted objects the fastest!

• Flatten out a piece of dough and create a pattern in it using the tools in the set. Have kids repeat the pattern. Build a structure with the dough and ask kids to replicate it.

It's worth the wait!